That is nothing short of hilarious. I bet Thompson will try to take it down, though.

Now that is worth $4000. However, I don't actually think i'm going to bother.

Heh, I wonder how long before Thompson sues demanding the profits go to him.

not to mention that childs play is a charity started (and run?) by the guys at penny-arcade.com whom JT attempted to get city police to investigate them, among his other usual shenanigans...

Well I'm sure this isn't a fake signature... though I'm pretty sure he didn't sign GTA, they just swapped out the inlay from the slip cover.

He's been at this a lot longer than GTA III Icehawk. In fact Columbine wasn't his first at trying to blame games for real world violence. And before video games was of course pulling this same crap against the music industry

@ jdmdsp911

Hhmmm did not know that, or rather I had not heard of him prior to about 5-6 years ago. Was vaguely aware when he went after Howard Stern, but since I did not care for Stern I did not much pay attention.

Truthfully, I only started paying attention around GTA 3, when he started his hype on the PS2 and how the controller was a Murder Trainer. So to my feebled mind GTA III will for forever linked to JBT (that and rumor was that he apparently found his son playing it which triggered the crusade).

The thing is the irony value remains. ANY "violent game" signed by JBT (and apparently it was the plastic protector not the inset that was signed which is Much harder to trade out/fake) adds a certain value to those that have come to loath him. Me I just do not have $4k laying around, working on my next PC overhaul/upgrade/replacement.

Don't underestimate the power you can wield by asking someone for their autograph. I was at a classical music festival many years ago, and I watched as an acquaintance walked up to a clarinet virtuoso, took a hardcore porn video (a birthday present for another guy on the trip) out of his bag, and got it signed. The musician didn't even bat an eyelid.

I have no doubt that Jack would be willing to sign the game. He might've even gotten a chuckle out of it; he's human too, contrary to some of the opinions of commenters around here. ;D

sad. when your signature sells for more than you do.

I almost forgot about the part where Jack sues the kid.

How much would a JT-signed copy of Manhunt be worth?

Great the one post where we would actually want a comment from Jack Thompson and he's banned. Dennis could you kindly ask him for comment?

@IanC

He really is completely batshit insane.

Sociopaths gave children $1,135,000 for christmas this year.
The world has become a beautiful place.

Additionally, game addiction treatment centers? I'm sorry, people are fighting real diseases out there.

"Give the proceeds to a game addiction treatment center"

The only such treatment center I know of exists in the Netherlands.

Anything signed by JT is worthless. Just look at his press releases.

Mredria Says:

January 1st, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Sociopaths gave children $1,135,000 for christmas this year.
The world has become a beautiful place.



You have to admit that number is freakin' insane.

I'd buy it, but I don't have a PS2.

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What's up, clowns? I'm the seller of this eBay charity auction. As my auction states, I don't want to sell this, hence the extremely high BIN price. I'm just using it to win a contest on Gamesniped.

I have it listed for charity so it doesn't look like I'm selling Jack's signature for my own personal profits (which I would NEVER do). Plus, it adds to the irony since Child's Play and Penny Arcade are so closely related. It makes me look like a good guy when really I'm an asshole. When the contest is over I will end the auction. Meanwhile sites like Kotaku, Gamepolitics, Fark, and literally DOZENS of others are bloggigg about it. The joke's on you!

Remember, the best things in life are funny!

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I'll be sure to pass this message along to gamesniped. Thanks asshole.

It's only the 2nd of January, and already we see such WIN.

"Remember, the best things in life are funny!"

I could not agree more.

I'd have to agree with the cynics. Think it's pretty likely that it's a fake.

@ Matriculated
I don't recall anyone forcing you to read this story. Then again, how would I know? I bet the GP Ninja Brigade are holding a dozen laser-katanas to your throat right now, forcing you to read my comment.

There's a newspaper in the breakroom of where I work every single day. In fact, more often than not, these newspapers bear the date of the day they magically appear in said breakroom. Upon further investigation, these newspapers have more than one section. In fact, there are sections for people selling their old junk, people offering employment, comic strips of children and dogs and vikings and such... there is even a section of ads selling everything from gorceries to cars to couches.

What I'm trying to say is that news is not a special thing. Being newsworthy isn't some sort of grand accomplishment or level of maturity in importance. I couldn't give a crap less about anything Bush says at this point, but it is considered newsworthy.

The only thing news has to be is non-fictional and timely. You can't lie in news, and news about something from 1974 that has no bearing on today shouldn't be included in "news". However, news can be fun and pointless.

I'm not trying to be a prick, and I apologize if I come across as such. It just bothers the crap out of me when people get onto Dennis for something they don't believe to be "newsworthy".

[...] For $4000 you can have a copy Grand Theft Auto III signed by video game adversary Jack Thompson.If you need clarification, this is like George Bush autographing a copy of the Holy Quran.Read More at Game PoliticsDo you think anyone will actually pay for this?  Published Jan 02 2008, 04:52 PM by lhester Filed under: Videogames, auction, ebay, politics, jackthompson, grandtheftauto, autograph [...]

@Mutantemeco

How do you put videos on the PSP?

@Monkey Peaches

By not being a n00b.

@ DCOW

Not sure the meaning of your statement, but I'll address both I perceive.

1. Poop can be very informative, especially if left at a crime scene.

2. Hey! Who're you calling "poop"? You're the poop!

Am I close?

MMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... Ironic Goodness here.

I bet that autographed game will go up in value right after Jack Thompson gets disbarred.

//fires off a round of "Hey Mr. Thompson"

I would fucking laugh my fucking ass off if someone was "inspired" to commit a crime by the Jack Thompson-autographed copy of GTA 3.